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Lynch pins last eight spot as Trim topple Tara
Trim…0-19 Skryne…1-13 Coming into the final round of group games in the race for the Keegan Cup, Trim’s Aaron Lynch had nabbed top spot in the scoring charts in the Fairyhouse Steel Meath SFC. Now read on… Here, the diminutive corner fo
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Selections for Navan – Sept. 5th 2026
1.30: ROEILLAUN (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 2.00: LADY PATRONA – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 2.35: IRISH RUMOUR – EW – (ORLA TYNAN (7)/JENNIFER A. LYNCH) 3.10: GOTTA CATCHEM ALL – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE/HARRY ROGERS) 3.45: DIVINE LEGEND – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.20: NEPHIN MOUNTAIN – EW – (TERRY CASEY (7)/MICK MULVANY) 4.55:…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Sept. 4th 2026
4.07: HOW’S ELLIE (DAN KING/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.42: FREE FLOW – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/EDDIE POWER) 5.15: SPEED FOR FUN (ANNA MCGUINNESS (4*)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.45: PRIDE OF PLACE – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (3)/ENDA BOLGER) 6.15: MANOIR DE MIRANDE – EW – (JOSH HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.45: PINOT GRIS (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.15: MY…
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Selections for Down Royal – Sept. 4th 2026
3.53: MONOLOGUE – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 4.25: OTSANA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 4.58: ESSENCE OF TIME – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/ANDY OLIVER) 5.30: ROMANCE (ANDY SLATTERY/JOSH HALLEY) 6.00: SIGN FROM ABOVE – EW – (BEN COEN/PETER FAHEY) 6.30: SINBAD MY DAD – EW – (JOEY HARNETT (2*)/SEAMUS FAHEY) 7.00: NO MORE HIDING –…
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It’s a nice surprise to be right!
DULEEK/BELLEWSTOWN… 0-13 OLDCASTLE..,0-07 Can one man make that big of a difference to a team? It would appear that can be answered in the affirmative after the return of the mercurially talented Eamonn Armstrong gave the Louth border club the required extra inches to negotiate their way past Oldcastle and into the knockout stages of…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Sept. 3rd 2026
3.30: POWER OF KNOWLEDGE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.05: COMBS (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.40: SPLENDID FELLOW (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.15: STEPS IN THE SAND – EW – (EOIN WALSH/CIARAN MURPHY) 5.48: NOT IN A HURRY (SIMON TORRENS/AIDAN HOWARD) 6.18: BLUE REED – EW –
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Glory to the hill with Aussie generosity?
Bellewstown racecourse is one of my favourite places to write about. And visit. Though it has been far too long since the latter happened. In the company of the late, great and desperately missed Paul B. Garvey. The Hill Of Crocafotha is actually a writer’s dream. The history, the stories and the views which wouldn’t…
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Selections for Navan – Sept. 2nd 2026
4.07: BIT OF A BUZZ (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.38: AMERILLIS – EW – (BILLY LEE/GILLIAN SCOTT) 5.08: DAY TRADER – EW – (FINNY MAGUIRE/TONY MARTIN) 5.40: ELUSIVE PATH (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.10: DUCHESS ANNE – EW – (GARY CARROLL/DENISE FOSTER) 6.40: THOMPSON GUNNER (COLIN KEANE/CIAN HUGHES)
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Podcast Episode: Sept. 1st 2026 – Irish Sport And Circus Life
Pip: If you ever wondered what the off-season in Gaelic games actually looks like, the answer is: exactly like the season, but with more resignations and fewer referees. Mara: Brendan has been watching closely, and this episode covers two distinct territories — the friction building inside county setups and the broader circus of management moves…
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Selections for Gowran – Sept. 1st 2026
2.00: ZENITH BLAZE (COLIN KEANE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.30: DRUMBEAT (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.00: HASITA – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.30: VENETIAN STAR – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/PAT FOLEY) 4.00: MINAUN VIEW – EW – (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (5)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 4.30: SELECTIVE POWER (JACK KEARNEY/TOMMY COYLE) 5.00: GOOFY GANDER – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.32: JOE…
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